(KLZA)-- The Falls City Board of Education has set the 2021-22 Budget and Property Tax Hearings for September 13 at 6:00 p-m.

Work on the preliminary budget is underway.  District 56 property values are not due to be certified by the County Assessor until August 20.  Early figures indicate the taxable value of property within District 56 is up 3.7 percent from the previous tax year.  

The Board also approved the expenditure of $8,248 in partnership with the University of Nebraska Extension and the HTRS School District to pay a portion of the salary for an assistant in the Richardson County Extension Office.